Tv is a very different form of entertainment in my mind. While one can argue tv came from radio, which it was an evolution on radio, Tv really stands only. Having a general access to television has been available for less than a century and it has evolved into a completely new form.

The textbook does a good job explaining how tv’s work without making it confusing. I also didn’t know that there were two different types in mechanical and electronic. This just adds to the fact the tv has changed rapidly even from the start of the technology in the 1800’s

The textbook then goes into the golden age of television and I think I would argue that this wasn’t the best time in tv.

The chart from the textbook talks about the number of tv’s per household and how it jump drastically. While this was probably the golden age for the companies that sell tv’s I think the art behind tv hadn’t hit it’s stride yet.

These restriction in the art of tv was talked about with the Twilight Zone. On the side note growing up I loved watching the Twilight Zone, the twists at the end and the thought you had to put into always intrigued me. This thought into the show wasn’t something you saw back then, which they talked about in the interview. TV back then was supposed to be family friendly and only show good Christian values where now artist have more liberty with what they create. A good example now is Black Mirror, it follows Twilight Zone to a tee. Different actors and plots in each episode, has the use of black and white when needed, Metalhead, and the use of technology and the unknown as a driving force of most plots.

In these two promo pictures of the show it’s clear to see the parallels between the two.

The Twilight Zone paved the for shows that question more things like black mirror does. The struggle that the Twilight Zone had getting on the air and staying back then shows how tv has changed since then. I would say we are living in the golden age of tv now. Many different companies producing shows of all sorts and multiple different platform it has never been easier to find something one connects with.

What do you think was the golden age of tv? What shows were on then that sets that age apart?